Many people have helped me in the making of this book. My
first thanks are to Leah Scragg, Suzanne B. Butters and Naomi Baker. Their
long-standing support and enthusiasm for my work made it possible for me to
write this book. I am also extremely grateful to Catherine Richardson,
Jerome De Groot and Jacqueline Pearson for their invaluable advice in the
early stages of planning and writing the book. I am deeply indebted to the
anonymous readers who looked at the initial book proposal, and especially to
the reader who offered incisive, rigorous and detailed comments on an
earlier draft of the manuscript. Huge thanks to Naomi Baker, Paul Harvey and
Charlie Porter for reading and commenting on the manuscript as it neared
completion. I’m also very grateful to a number of friends and
colleagues including Carolyn Broomhead, Hannah Coles, Hannah Crawforth,
Andrew Frayn, Florence Grant, Gavin Grindon, Margaret Harvey, Andy Kesson,
Sonia Massai, Lucy Munro, Gordon McMullan, Ann Thompson and J. T. Welsch. In
the very late stages of writing this book I joined the University of Sussex,
and would like to thank Matthew Dimmock, Andrew Hadfield, Margaret Healy and
Tom Healy for their help and support. Thank you also to Manchester
University Press for seeing the book to publication.

My greatest thanks are to my family: Sarah, Sophie,
Charlie and especially my parents. My mum and dad have supported my research
in every way possible, and I have loved talking about ‘making and
unmaking’ with them. Finally, much love and thanks to Paul.

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